The Chatter for Sunday, June 23

Mark Frey, chief strategist at the Cambridge Mercantile Group. In the weeks since the Federal Reserve’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, first indicated that the central bank might start to pare back its support for the economy, markets in Asia, Europe and Latin America have fallen even more sharply than those in the United States.

Adam Lovell, curator of the Detroit Historical Museum, while unzipping the dusty plastic cover over a 1963 Ford Cougar II concept car. As Detroit moves toward a possible bankruptcy filing, some worry that a collection of 62 lovingly maintained classic cars, donated to the city since the 1950s, will be sold off.

Devon Giddon, director of communications for the lifestyle publication Thrillist, which has two fully stocked bars and a rotating schedule of liquor tastings, as well as a keg inside a refrigerator. Small, high-growth tech companies have a reputation for showering employees with free food, coffee and alcohol.